West-Africa
West Africa Confronts Critical Health Crisis Amid Rising Drug Abuse
Synthetic Drug Crisis in West Africa: A Public Health Emergency A new report warns that the proliferation of synthetic drugs across West…
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crisis
World
Who’s Who in the U.S.-Iran Crisis Power Struggle
The United States–Iran crisis is not a two-player standoff. It is a layered confrontation running from Washington and Tehran through a lattice…
Somalia
U.N. report warns 6.5 million Somalis at risk of hunger crisis
MOGADISHU — Hunger is surging across Somalia as four consecutive failed rainy seasons collide with steep reductions in humanitarian funding, pushing millions…
Somalia
Somali Government Says al-Shabab Faces Financial Crisis After Targeted Crackdown
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia’s federal government says al-Shabab is facing mounting financial strain after a string of operations that killed senior operatives…
East-Africa
Somali PM, German minister discuss drought crisis, security, and political reforms in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU — Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre met Monday with a senior German delegation for talks on Somalia’s deepening humanitarian crisis,…
World
Is the United Nations on the verge of a funding crisis?
Analysis: The UN’s budget math has turned existential The United Nations is navigating its most acute cash crunch in decades. In a…
World
Gordon Brown: Keir Starmer’s leadership crisis serious, but PM remains principled
Gordon Brown said the crisis engulfing Keir Starmer over Peter Mandelson was “serious” and that the Labour leader had been “too slow…
Somalia
Somalia’s main opposition bloc joins Mogadishu talks on elections, political crisis
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia’s main opposition alliance, the Somali Future Council, says it will attend a federal government–led consultative conference in Mogadishu,…
World
UN warns Yemen’s humanitarian crisis will intensify in 2026
UN warns Yemen crisis set to worsen in 2026 as funding dries up, food insecurity deepens GENEVA — The United Nations warned…
World
Tariff threats may ignite worst crisis yet in US-EU relations
Trump’s latest tariff threat — a 10% levy on select European nations, rising to 25% by June unless he “gets control of…
Somalia
Orphan’s killing highlights Somalia’s growing child abuse crisis
Somalia’s child-protection reckoning after a teenager’s killing — and a rare death sentence The killing of 14-year-old orphan Saabirin Saylaan in Galkayo…
